Who is going to LightBox Expo?

[Dima Eichhorn]

@Norman-Morana I've never imagine that I can attend it since I live in Europe. This is the one thing I am glad that corona happened.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Dima-Eichhorn Well, it's the whole Inktober controversy thing. Alphonso Dunn accussed Jake of copying the former's book. Despite no solid conclusion having been reached, Lightbox decided to let go of Jake to avoid backlash from Dunn's supporters.

[Dima Eichhorn]

@Shyam-Sailus I didn't buy this kind of entry, I got the 1- dollar one.

[Dima Eichhorn]

@Blitz55 I am really grateful to corona about this. I couldn't imagine that I am attending it ever, since I live in Europe.

[Dima Eichhorn]

@Coley I don't know anything about it, can you tell me more. I saw svs logo on the light box site actually.

[Dima Eichhorn]

@Julia unfortunately my English is not do good to tell you, but you may visit Bobby Chiu channel in YouTube. He explains everything.

[Norman Morana]

@Dima-Eichhorn that would be a journey. I’m lucky in that I’m only a two hour flight away from Pasadena. The cost aside, I wouldn’t rule it out, last year I met a ton of people from outside the US. It would be an investment, so it’s not something I’d recommend on a whim.

[Dima Eichhorn]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Oh, my ! Really? I,very read in the forum about this stupidity. This Dunn man is so overreacting . I really can't believe this is happening about an educational book. I don't know Dunn but I didn't expect this from Bobby Chiu. So confused.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Dima-Eichhorn it's a whole mess

[Dima Eichhorn]

@Norman-Morana Yes, I follow so many great artists from Germany and they were attending last year. But for me at this point is really not a good investment to fly overseas. So , here i am , happy that it is online.

[Dima Eichhorn]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz I've just was in twitter. I can't believe that there is so much hate towards Jake . And even coming with racist arguments. It is awful. Oh, my god, it is just awful.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Dima-Eichhorn it's really discouraging

[Coley]

@Dima-Eichhorn so I think lightbox must have been inundated with messages and massive pressure from people. They posted a tweet saying something along the lines of “ thank you for the messages, lightbox is parting ways with Jake Parker/inktober/svs learn.” This was in the first day or so. I posted a reply saying that the correct thing to do would be to wait for a response from Jake before assigning guilt and cutting ties as they were hearing only one side. I went back a day or so later and the tweet had been removed. So I wonder if he had a change of heart. The svs logo being on the site is a good sign. I can understand that he was probably under incredible pressure and I hope he did realize that it might have been jumping the gun. I saw that Tom Bancroft, who is part of lightbox expo has spoken out in support of Jake, and peter han said everyone should calm down lol, and not assign guilt and gather info as it comes ( he has a good video on his Instagram). I’m interested in doing lightbox too, and I might, Still deciding! I’m also pretty busy at the moment! I also just joined Loish’s patreon so there’s a lot of stuff for me to comb through there, so maybe I have enough to do haha. Just wish I knew where lightbox stands that’s all. The fact that they removed the tweet is good. Too bad everyone has to get caught up in this drama!
I say go and do lightbox and have a great time!

[Melanie Daigle]

I will be taking part as much as I can with my 6 year old running around the house all weekend There are SO MANY good panels going on every hour, i’m having a hard time narrowing down the ones I want to attend! I’m looking forward to soaking up all the knowledge

[Dima Eichhorn]

@Coley Thanks a lot for the answer. Past two hours I read about this and it is awful. I really hope Jake is ok. About the logo - it is not there anymore. I hope more and more people come and support Jake because he deserves it. He doesn't deserve this hate.

[Lovsey]

@Dima-Eichhorn I’m glad you brought this up and shared some of the topics because I didn’t know what LightBox had to offer so hadn’t been paying proper attention to the other mentions I was seeing! I just registered Although, looking at the schedule I feel a little bit disadvantaged having to wake up at 2am to participate and I’m conflicted trying to choose which events to attend when so many run concurrently!

[Coley]

@Dima-Eichhorn yes, I agree, the hate is extremely upsetting! People are not just assuming guilt, they’re being incredibly hateful. I didn’t read much of it because it makes me lose faith in people

[StudioLooong]

Is there any way to get info on the event before you pay? I know I could just throw a dollar at it but I'd at least like to see the lineup first.

[Lovsey]

@StudioLooong Check out Bobby Chiu’s YouTube he gives a rundown of the lineup, goodie bag and a sneak peek at the schedule.

[Dima Eichhorn]

@Coley you are right. I've already lost it.